The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. In virtue of an arrangement, to the complete and immediate execution of which every impediment is re moved, the Bank of England tak , 2s upon itself from this clay all the existing engagements of the Northern and Central Joint-stock Bank with the public, upon the condition that no new engagements shall be en tered into by the latter until ail its outstanding lia bilities are liquidated, and until whatever advances the Bank of England may alroady have made, or may hereafter make, for that purpose, he fully re paid. With a view to the due and regular fulfil ment of this important contract the entire business of the Northern and Central Bank passes immediately into the hands of the Bank of England, two of whose Directors, with some of the principal officers of the Corporation, will he in possossion of the offices o f the Joint-stock Bank at Manchester, and engaged in winding up its affairs, on Monday morning next. The successful issue of this negociation, which had for its object to extricate the Northern and Central Bank from the embarrassing and dangerous position in which it had been placed 13y, its conductors, and thus to prevent a sudden and alarming shock to credit and diminution of circulation, in a very important commer cial and manufacturing district of the kingdom, is an nounced in our City article of this day as a thing, generally and publicly known, in terms substantially the same as those in which we announced the same fact on Thursday . last, and announced it as some of our Contemporaries have been pleased to say incautiously and prematurely. There was nothing incautious or premature in our statement, for, however possible it might be at that tune that some temporary obstruction might be interposed to the completion of the arrange ment, we were too well aware of the position of all the parties, directly or indirectly concerned, to entertain the least doubt that the matter must be , concluded, and that within a very short period, upon the prin ciples and in the manner stated by us. It may be use ful and interesting at this moment, for purposes much more important than that of vindicating the accuracy o f our information, though this can never be a matter o f indifference to us, to give a succinct narrative of the whole of this extraordinary transaction, from the first opening of the negotiation between the Bank of England and the Northern and Central Bank to its final conclusion, as above-mentioned. We do not think that the statement of facts which we are about to submit can operate to the injury of any party, and they do unquestionably convey a useful lesson to the public, who have manifested of late a disposition to believe that the trade of banking is one which admits of an extension at once unlimited and secure. So dangerous •an error cannot be too soon, or too effectually, counteracted. At the period—(it was three weeks Ago on Tuesday last) —when the par cel belonging to the Northern and Central Bank— of which the public have already heard—was lost, one of the Directors of that Establish ment, together with its principal manager, was in London, endeavouring to obtain a supply of money. The temporary loss of the parcel—which by great good fortune was found again almost immediately—was al leged as an additional, or rather we believe as the chief, cause of pressure upon the Northern and Central Bank ; and the Directors of the Bank of England were requested with much earnestness to obviate the incon venience which this accidental cause of delay had oc casioned by instantly discounting the bills contained in the recovered parcel, to the amount of 100,0001. The Directors of the Bank of England knew enough however, of what had been going on to convince them that aid to this limited extent would be useless and improvident. Their reply accordingly was that if they interfered at all they would interfere effec tually ; and that, in the actual circumstances of the country, they might probably think it their duty so to interfere on receiving from the gentlemen who represented the Northern and Central Bank a full and accurate explanation as to the state of its affairs. An explanation was given, how accurate and complete we shall presently see. It was as nearly as possible to the following effect : LIARILITIES. Actual circulation of the Northern and Central Bauk £300,000 Deposits Total liabilities £540,000 ASSETS. _ _ _ Debts due to the Bank by its customers 900,000 Bank notes and coin in its possession Total assets £1,090,000 This was the statement verbally—but seriously, deli berately, and advisedly—given by the director and the manager of the bank requiring aid. That there could have been nothing of haste or inadver tence in this statement is evident from the fact that the attention of the gentlemen giving it was spe cially called to several important variations which it showed the affairs of the Northern and Central Bank to have undergone, since the period when one of its highest officers gave evidence before the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons with reference to the same items of account. The variation under the head of deposits was the most remarkable; and it was dis tinctly recalled to the recollection of all the parties pre sent that the deposits were stated to the Committee to amount to 750,0001. instead of 240,000/. ; so that, in the interval, the Northern and Central Bank appeared to have lost deposits to the amount of half a million. The business, however, proceeded ; and the Bank of England, acting fully up to the spirit of its original determination to do enough, if it did any thing, agreed to advance 500,0001., with the understanding that all the branches of the Northern and Central Bank were to be abolished, and the business of that institution confined to the central establishment until the advance were repaid. It was further insisted on the part of the Bank of England that the re payment of its advances should precede any dimi nution of the balance due by the Northern and Central Bank to the London and Westminster Bank, its agents in London. With the latter, however, the Bank of England, neither then nor since, had any dealing or negotiation on this subject. The Northern and Central Bank stipulated for them that they should postpone their claim to that about to be acquired by the Bank of England, and the London and Westmin ster Bank ratified that stipulation by letter. The claim of the London and 'Westminster Bank at that time amounted to 150,0001., which had accrued in pur suance of an agreement entered into when they took the agency, that they should be ready whenever called upon to do so, to afford accommodation to the Northern and Central Bank to the extent of 50,0001. in cash, and 100,0001. in acceptances uncovered. In addition to this advance the London and Westm:n ster Bank had given its acceptances to a further large amount, covered by bills of exchange. The verbal explanations given to the Bank of Eng land were to be followed by a transcript of the next regular weekly statement of liabilities and as sets, made up at Manchester, to be laid before the Directors of the joint-stock establishment. And as the gentlemen who represented the Northern and Central Bank in London had been persuaded in the first instance that the sum of 100,0001., for which they applied, would relieve them from all diffi culdes, and had expressed their entire conviction that the advance of 500,000/., afterwards placed at their disposal, was a great deal more than they could possibly require, it might have been, and it was, very naturally expected that time enough, at least, would elapse for the arrival of the complete official statement of affairs from Manchester before the whole or any very large proportion of the stipulated advances would drawn from the Bank of England. The fact, however, turned out otherwise. The account did not arrive until nearly the whole sum of 500,0001. had been drawn from the Bank of England. These details are "painful, but they are necessary. We are now come to a point in the narrative at which we feel bound to say that, in this statement of the facts of the transaction, we do not intend to impeach the integrity of the gentlemen who represented the Northern and Central Bank. It is due to those Gen- tlemen to say that among the persons who had the op pyrtppivir q most closely observing their conduct out lie transaction, a very general and decided 1 1 , 1 ,""ei-qiiiotiiiieVails\,that whatever errors they have coni cl,4ftitoitthteeddauretietso w b e ith t cr h i i b e c h d t s h o e le y ly ha t d o h t e h et e t ir en i t n r c u o s m te p d ete T n h cy e r a t,. whole whole of their conduct, as well as that of the establish- N• .?, ment to which they belong, ought not, however, on Z 4l r issues except the second, and upon that a qualified verdict was returned for the plaintiff. this account, to "perate • less forcibly as a warning to the public of the dangers to which they become liable when they embark their property in ill-considered and badly organised joint-stock operations. The official ac count alluded to above at length arrived, and what dal it show ? Not ccaninly that the representatives of the Northern and Central Bank had wilfully misrcpre seated the state of its affairs ; but that they had spoken of these affairs in utter, - deplorable, and, we must add, culpable ignorance of their real condition. In the amount of circulation there was no very considerable variation from the verbal account. But the deposits, instead of 240,0001., turned out to be about 700,000/. ; the advances made hy this Bank to its customers, in stead of 900,0001., were found to he 1,300,0001.; while the stock of bank. notes and coin in the posses sion of the Company, instead of 190,0001., was shown to amount to no more than 100,0001., or little more than the half of what had been alleged. The upshot of the matter was, in short, that, the bank of England having already advanced 500,000!., to prevent the stoppage of the Northern and Central Bank, found that it had done nothing towards the accomplishment of its object unless it was ready to double that amount. In these perilous circumstances, the Bank of England adopted the liglder, and we believe, the wiser, course. It expressed 'its readiness to advance the second half-million, but only upon the conditions that the affairs of the Northern and Central Bank should pass out of the hands of their present ma nagers into those of the Bank itself, that no new engagements or accounts of any kind should be en tered into until every existing claim on the part of the public, as well as that of the Bank of England itself, had been fully liquidated ; that the order of li quidation should be—the public first, the Bank of England second ; and that, until these two parties had been taken care of, the account between the Northern and Central Bank and its London agents should re main untouched. To these conditions—conditions which cannot but be regarded, in the circumstances of the case, as both equitable and necessary—the London and Northern Bank promptly acceded. Between that establishment and the Bank of England the treaty was concluded ; and it was the former exclusively which had to treat with the London and Westminster Bank, its own agent, in order to procure that assent to the arrange ment which was plainly indispensable, and which it had stipulated to produce. We cannot conclude without ex pressing our belief that the conduct of the Bank of Eng land throughout this most difficult and unprecedented transaction will command the universal approbation of the commercial world. The Bank has rescued the country from the imminent risk of a great monetary crisis, without stopping for a moment to reflect upon the circumstance, that it was a crisis which would have been most efficacious in discrediting and over throwing a system entirely adverse to its own separate interests. In the transactions we have narrated there is, however, enough to show that the system, under which it is possible for such things to take place, is one of which the suppression, or the strict regulation, at least, is among the most imperative and urgent of egislative duties.—Morning Post. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEO. 23. SCOTT V. MILLER. _ . This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, wwere the owners of the skip Countess Dunmore, against the de fendant, who was the captain of the same vessel on a voy age to Van Dicmen's Land, to recover the sum of 196/, being the balance of an account between them, alleged to be due to the plaintiffs. The voyage was taken about the middle of 183:3 ; in August in the same year the countess Dunmore put into Rio Janeiro leaky, and it was found ne cessary to chalk her from the copper to the gunwale. To 'lle expense incurred in these repairs, the captain Jew a bill upon the owners for 137/., which was accepted iy them and paid. Upon the return of the vessel to Eng land, the captain retained for himself a certain sum on ac count of disbursements made for the use of the ship, and other items, the whole of which the plaintiffs considered to he too large in amount. The present action was accord ingly brought to recover the sum by which the captain had exceeded his fair and proper demand. The defendant pleaded a set-off in the nature of provisions and repairs for the ship, advances of wages to the seamen, and of primate at 5 per cent. upon the freight. The two items of the account that were disputed were, the' repairs done at Rio Janeiro in August, and the primate upon the freight. After witnesses had been examined on both sides, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs— Damages 125/. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dxc. 23. JOHN WARD'S BANKRUPTCY. The second meeting of the creditors wider the fiat issued against Mr. John Ward, of Woolwich, banker, was held to-day for the proof of debts, and the first examination of the bankrupt. It was intimated to the Commissioners that the bankrupt had not yet been able to complete his balance-sheet, and an adjournment of the final examination was granted for a month. The claim was renewed, to prove a debt for deposits with the bankrupt by a Friendly Society, the articles of which had not been enrolled. The Court was informed that at a meeting of the mem bers of the society, the secretary had been deputed to prove for the debt claimed, the bankrupt himself being the trea surer of the institution. The amount of proofs to-day were considerable, but chiefly upon notes of the bank in circulation at the time the failure occurred. A dividend will, it is expected, be declared at an early period. PALACE COURT, DEC. 23. WATTS V. CHAPHAM. This was a writ of trial sent down to this Court for hear ing from the Court of King's Bench, in which Mr. Chad wick Jones was specially retained for the plaintiff. Mr. Gazelee, one of the Counsel appointed by this Court, was retained for the defendant. Previous to the jury being sworn, Mr. GAZELEE objected to hearing foreign Counsel. He contended that as the Counsel who pleaded in this Court were authorised so to plead by charter, it was unprece dented to admit foreigners to plead. He referred to se veral cases in which the right had been admitted, and par ticularly one in a County Court, in which certain penalties had been incurred by an attorney for practising in that Court. The writ in the present case did not alter the character or constitution of the Court. It was an impor tant question as affecting vested rights, and therefore he contended that the Judge was bound not to listen to the Learned Foreigner. The Learned JUDGE was aware that the moment the writ of trial came down objections would be raised, and therefore he had consulted with Mr. Brent, the Supreme Judge, and from him he had received instructions as to the introduction of foreign Counsel, if they made their appear ance. There was no doubt that in cases originating in this Court, Counsel specially appointed had the sole audience here. But by a late Act of Parliament the Judges of the Superior Courts were entitled to send down cases for trial to any of the Courts of Justice. The impression on the mind of Mr. Brent was, that, as ministers of a superior Court, he was bound to try the case. As his deputy, therefore, he was merely fulfilling the instructions which he had received. The case was then proceeded with, but the facts were wholly uninteresting.—Verdict for the defendant. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 23. LORD PETRE V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILROAD COMPANY. Mr. KNIGHT, on the part of the noble plaintiff, applied for an injunction to restrain the defendants from entering on his Lordship's lands, or those in the occupation of his tenants, and also from summoning any jury to assess com pensation for any injury to those lands through the means of the contemplated railroad. The line proposed by the Company to be carried into effect, passed through nearly seven miles of the property of Lord Petre, and even farms occupied by nearly four hundred tenants. When the Bill was passing through the House of Commons, the defend ants were apprised that Lord Petre would oppose it, and a negotiation being entered into with his Lordship's agent and solicitor, it was agreed that a sum of 120,0001. should be paid by the Company, in consideration of the injury which the railroad would inflict on his Lordship's property in Essex. The Bill accordingly passed through both Houses without any opposition on the part of Lord Petre ; but the Directors having obtained the sanction of the Legislature to the line of road which they proposed, now refused to fulfil their contract, and served a notice on his Lordship's solicitor that the contract itself was illegal. They proposed, however, to give his Lordship such com pensation as a jury might award for any damage done by their works to the lands in the occupation of his Lordship or his tenants. The defendants had actually commenced their works, and, as it was feared that before the end of the vacation they might enter on his Lordship's lands, the in junction was asked for his Lordship's protection. By one of the clauses of the Act of Parliament the Company were bound to give seven days' notice of their intention to sum mon a jury to award compensation ; but as that period would not cover the time of the holidays there was an ad ditional reason for the present application. The injunction was granted, with liberty to the defen dants to move the Vice-Chancellor to dissolve it. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 23. In a case heard to-day a curious disclosure was made re lative to the getting up of the Bill for the abolition of impri sonment for debt, and also as to the ignorance prevailing on the subject of debtor and creditor, a law which, it has been frequently remarked, is less understood than any other. A creditor in a case complained that he wanted time to get up his opposition. He admitted that he had not seen the schedule or read the notice he had received. The Corn missioner desired him to read the notice, and it appeared that he might have examined that document for three weeks. He suggested that creditors should put their ad dresses in the opposition book. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS asked him if he had done so ? The creditor confessed he had not. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the creditor was no doubt ignorant, like many others, of the principal features of the law, and asked him if he knew that if an insolvent concealed property above the value of 201., and if found guilty of a misdemeanour, he would be sentenced to three years imprisonment and hard labour? The creditor said " No." CHIEF COMMISSIONER—Did be know tnat if the dis charge of a man was improperly obtained, it could be re voked, the party re-committed to prison, and if a conceal ment was proved, he could by this Court he remanded for three years ? The creditor answered " No." Chief COMMISSIONER—Did he know that the future property of an insolvent was always liable for his debts ; and that in many cases creditors were paid in full ? VICE-CHANCERY COURT, DEc. 23. JOMBART V. WOOLLET AND OTHERS. Mr. KNIGHT moved for an injunction to restrain the de fendants from distributing among the creditors of Joseph Woolett, of Gould-square, Minories, a merchant, who traded under the firm of Woollet and Son, two sums of 1,0001. and 501., which were the proceeds of hills of ex change that the plaintiffs had remitted to him. The sim ple question was, whether Woollet was at liberty to take the bills as cash, and discount them, and carry the amount to the plaintiff's general account, or ought to have held them for the plaintiff until due, and have then applied the pro ceeds ? The plaintiffs being French merchants resident at Lisle, in July and August last had hill transactions with Woollet at London, the nature of which they alleged to be that Woollet was their London banker, or commission agent—that they drew upon him several bills in favour of various persons, which he accepted—and that to cover these bills, and enable him to take them up as they became due, they remitted to him other bills upon various persons, which they had purchased and w hich he received. Woollet dis honoured all his own acceptances, except one for 53/., and of those remitted to him for taking up these acceptances he discounted or sold all, except two bills for 1,0001. and 501., which remained still in his hands at the time of his in solvency, on the 24th of October last. The plaintiffs offered thereupon to take up all his outstanding acceptances for them, and demanded back their own bills which existed in specie. Wodet was still indebted to them beyond the two bills in a large sum. The question whether the plaintiffs were entitled to the two bills turned upon the corres- Creditor—NO. The Learned COMMISSIONER said it was astonishing to witness the misunderstandings respecting the law of the Court ; and yet those who knew the least were most loud in the abuse of a measure which extended every possible advantage. Creditors would do well to attend to their interests, and not immediately they received a notice to give up the debt as an entire loss. Mr. COOKE said, when the alteration was first proposed on the subject of imprisonment for debt several gentlemen met, to introduce some salutary clauses respecting future property, &c., and the measure was approved of by the gentlemen who had the management of the Bill, when to their surprise, they found the clauses they had inserted had been passed into a law many years ago. The CHIEF COMMISSINONER, smiling, said it was easier to suggest than to read. Mr. Coot( thought those who attempted to amend the law should know what was in existence on the subject. pondence. Mr. \VIGRAM was Counsel for the defendants. His HONOUR shortly delivered judgment, and said it really appeared to him the plaintiffs must have meant to have credit for the full amount of the bills, not as discounted, but as received when due. In the letter of the 13th Oc tober, transmitting bills for 550/. not due, and 10/. at sight (which was answered on the 17th), they spoke precisely in the same manner both of the sums payable at sight, and also of the two bills thereafter to be due. The plaintiffs were therefore entitled to have their bills buck, and the injunction must be granted. COURT OF KINGS' BENCH, ppd. 23. LENNOX V. DESBOROUGII, SECRETARY. This was an action on a policy of insurance effected by the plaintiff, Lord George Lennox, upon the life of Lieut.- Colonel Greswolde, late of the 6th, or Inniskillen Dragoons, who died on the sth of January, 1833, and the cause of whose death was alleged by the plaintiff to be cholera, and by the defendant to be epilepsy. The sum insured upon this policy amounted to 2,5001., and the insurance was effected in the Atlas office in the month of August, 1831. The defendant was the secretary of that office. This was only one of several policies effected on the same life, and a case was tried about a year ago in the Court of Exchequer upon one of th ese p o li c i es , a t the suit of a Mr. Challock. The defence in the present case consisted chiefly of two points, that the deceased had indulged in habits of intem perance, and that he had been afflicted with epileptic fits, and that neither of these circumstances had been duly com municated to the defendant, but that, on the contrary, the ! i li a plaintiff ordinary forms of policies in the odeclared that the d ecease d was ii ot subject to netsi)ff had (ad op t (adopting the fits, and was of temperate habits. Lord DENMAN s ummed up th e case , an d sa id the ques tion was, whether the plaintiff had so complied with the undertaking in the policy as to entitle him se lf to recover in this action. The policy contained this stipulation on the part of the assured, that the person whose life was insured " is not, and never has been, afflicted with asthma, or with fits, nor with any disorder tending to shorten life," So far as the testimony of the witnesses for the plaintiff went, it was clear that they knew not of Colonel Greswolde having any such affliction, but it was still a q uestion whethe r the witnesses for the defendant, who, as servants, had h a d a better opportunity of seeing the real state of the health of their master could not be depended on. If their evidence was deserving of credit, then the deceased would appear to have been afflicted with epileptic fits. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff upon all the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 4 . 183 MONEY MARKET. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The attention of the moneyed and commercial interests has to-day been directed principally to the negeciations in progress between the Bank of England and the Northern and Central Bank, which it is known this evening have at length been brought to a satisfactory conclusion, arrangements having been finally made for winding up the affairs of the latter upon the basis proposed in the first instance by the Bank of Eng land. That this important business should have been disposed of with so little difficulty cannot but prove highly gratifying to parties residing in those districts where th e Northern and Central Bank and its branches have been established. We may hope that it will tend in a very material degree to restore confidence in the metropolis also, and, indeed, throughout the country. It is sufficiently notorious that, as the London and Westminster Bank had a heavy claim on the Northern and Central, for advances made them in the ca pacity of town agents, they offered some resistance to the mode of settlement proposed to the managers of that concern by the Directors of the Bank of England, and one of the tumours of the day was, that the whole question had in consequence been referred to the decision of Mr. John Masterman ; but we be lieve it was only on some minor point of difference that that gentleman was appealed to. Of this we are at all events as sured, that any understanding which may have been come to between the London and Westminster Bank and others, acting for, or on behalf of, the Northern and Central Bank, is one with which the Directors of the Bank of England have nothing whatever to do, and that they have adhered strictly and lite rally to their original proposition. Guarantees are said, how ever, to have been given by other parties, friends of the North ern and Central, for the gradual liquidation of the claim of the London and Westminster Bank. — Morning Post. As faithful chroniclers of the events which occur in the City of public interest, we had yesterday to announce the abrupt termination of the treaty which had been in a course of negociation for several days past between the Bank of Eng land and the Northern and Central Bank at Manchester, for affording relief to the latter in its present embarrassments. With equal confidence, and with much greater satisfaction, we can now state that the negotiation was this day renewed, and that the Northern and Central Bank having been enabled to overcome the objections made by the London and West minster Bank to the proposed arrangement, and to obtain their concurrence, the terms were, late in the day, definitively arranged, upon which the Bank of England will furnish ample means to meet all the liabilities of the joint stock establishment. About three o'clock in the afternoon the bills of the North ern and Central Batik which fell due to-day were paid by their London correspondents, and at a somewhat later period ac ceptances were given to those which had been left. The Foreign exchanges this afternoon present a rather more favourable appearance than on Tuesday last ; there is no alteration of any importance in the quotations, but there is a somewhat more active market.—Chronicle. It seems that the statement of yesterday, on the subject of tha negotiation between the Northern and Central Bank and the Bank of England, was premature, a difficulty having been started at the moment when all the arrangements were consi dered complete by the managers of the London and West minster Bank. At the time when the assent was given by the Bank of England to the first advance, which was to the extent of 500,0001., it appears that the consent of the London and Westminster Bank had been obtained to the postpone ment of their claims until the sum above named had been re paid ; and it was concluded, that having adapted this view of the case in the first instance, there would be no objection to the same course in regard to the further advances which were solicited. An absolute refusal of assent to take the same position under the new advances was however sent into the Bank parlour, and the negotiation, in the very process of completion, was there fore broken off, the Bank positively refusing all advances except upon obtaining an absolute preference over all other claims. As soon as this transpired in the city, the private bankers and others who had made all their arrangements under the impres sion that all the advances required would be made to the Nor thern and Central Bank, were compelled to suspend them. All acceptances which had been placed upon bills drawn by the Northern and Central Bank were cancelled, and parties presenting bills for payment were desired to call again in the afternoon, as a hope was entertained that the London and Westminster Bank would be induced by that time to with draw their opposition, and to allow the promised advances to be made. 'f he greatest anxiety prevailed in the city among the parties more immediately interested during this interval, but until three o'clock there were no indications of a settle ment of the dispute. Shortly after that time, however, the bills, the payment of which had been postponed, were taken up, and it followed immediately, almost as an irresistible conclusion, that some agreement had been come to. The manner of it is said to be this—that the London and West minster Bank obtain the personal guarantee of certain wealthy shareholders of the Northern and Central Bunk for a portion of their claims, by which means they will secure an earlier payment than if they had waited for the winding up of the whole concern under the management of the Bank, which is the course that the affair will now take. Of the amount that will be required for this purpose nothing is accurately known, but it must he extremely large, so as to place the Bank of England under a very serious responsibility, with every al lowance that can be made for the various assets, and means of recovering property which may be placed at their disposal. For the money market generally a great and certain relief has been effected. Many persons, up to a late hour in the after noon, were not without apprehensions of some new difficulty being started to the arrangement, but we are assured, on what we consider the best authority, that there only remained the formal execution of that agreement to which all parties had previously come, and that it will be signed in the course of the evening.— Tines. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 23. The Williafn Jolliffe, Middleton, from Calais; Giraffe, Major, Rotterdam ; Othello, Biest, Belize ; Palambier, Brown, St. Petersburgh ; Mercer, Groning, Stettin ; Faith ful, Newton, St. Petersburgh; Valentine, Crosby, Seville ; Swift, Mera, St. Michael's ; Helene, Astens, Memel; Ga latea, Smith, St. Petersburgh. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The John Bull, Corbin, for Hamburgh ; Edina, Read, Bahia; Childe Harold, Willis, Bombay ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend; Zuillinge, Brandt, Elsincur. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The John Bull, Corbin, for Hamburgh; Slanes Castle, Petrie, Bombay; Unity, Gater, Rio Janeiro; Ranger, Mini?, ' St. George's (Africa); Rosalia , M unro, Demerara • Black Nymph, Hall, Sierra Leone; Attwood , Straunack, Rotter dam. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The William, Hamlin, for Sierra Leone ; St. Leonard, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Tyne, Youirs, Sierra Leone ; Constance, Brittevillais, Cherbourg. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22. The James Turcan, Turcan, from Calcutta. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The Ann and Jane, for Bcrbice ; Marry Bibby, Cumming, Bombay ; Ellen Jenkinso n, Irwin, Leghorn ; Victus, Weeks, Malta ; Mary, Morton, Mobile; .John Walker, Black, Mobile • Frederick, Wolcott, Norfolk, A. S. ; Scotland, Haackstalf, New York ; Macan, Osborn, Savannah. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Lady Rowena, Young, for Charleston ; Hereford, Rio Janeiro; Elvlea, Scott, Malta; Oglcsharp, Miller, Savannah. SAILED. The Heyes, Nagle, for 13arbadoes ; Sarah Trotman, Trot man, Barbadoes ; Sherbrooke, Longford, Mobile; Walter, Yorke, Philadelphia; Bonanza, Kerr, Gibraltar ; Euphemia, Cowan, Vera Cruz ; Bengal, Tuelon, Mobile. ThLEGRAPHED. Wind at Holyhead, W, W, Off Holyhead , inward bound, Victoria. from Quebec. Off Tuffin Island, outward bound , t he Oporto, far Oporto. Sailed from Beaumaris, the Anne, for Africa. Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, the Betsey Hall, from Buenos Akyre§, Tuesday morning, t&ut gight o'clock, as the Ann Mackenzie, bound for Africa, from LivecpAßii king three hundred barrels of gunpowder on board from 4 fiat alongside, the Duke of Richmond steamer, tender to his liajoty's Post Office packet, laden with passengers, &c., from on hood the Thetis, from Dublin, ran into the Ann Mackenzie, when the ahimnpy of the tender, from the vio lent concussion, immediately fell, covering the tie* pf the flat with a shower of sparks, and, notwithstanding the hatchways at the time were open, and the powder exposed providentially no further injury was sustained than the da mage experienced on board the tendar,r4iverpool Paper. nice KENT RAILWAY. Office, No. 76, Cornhill, Dec. 22, 1836. Extract from the report of the Committee of the House of Commons of the 10th of May, 1836 : " That the engineering evidence on the northern line, or Kent railway, did not establish a case in detail before your Committee ; but it appears to be a line which, as connect ing the port of Ramsgate and other large towns in the north of Kent with London, and showing public advan tages may for such purposes entitle it to consideration here after, provided it could be shown that such a line may be accomplished without insuperable engineering difficulty." The Directors of the Kent Railway, in referring to the above extract from the report of the Committee of the House of Commons last session, are happy to inform the public that by the skill and perseverance of the engineer, Mr. Walker, the engineering difficulties alluded to have been completely surmounted. The line both to Ramsgate and Dover has been laid down with great care, and after the most mature delibera tion, and it comprises a communication between the metro polis and the most populous towns in the county of Kent. It is demonstrated that it is only by the carriage of pas sengers that railroads can be profitable, and the estimated number of passengers that will avail themselves of the Kent railway to pass between Dover, Ramsgate, and the inter mediate towns to the metropolis, enables the Directors to have the highest confidence in the undertaking as a profi table and secure investment. The South Eastern Railway Company, who obtained an Act last session, find it necessary to apply to Parliament for liberty to amend their line. If that line is the only one from the metropolis to the coast the inhabitants of Green wich, Blackheath, Woolwich, Dartford, and their vicinities will be precluded from partaking of the advantage of a direct communication with the metropolis and the coast, and the other towns in the county, by a railway. 'The South Eastern Railway will have four tunnels, one of them 2,706 yards long ; a second, 1,600 yards ; a third, 1,040 yards ; and a fourth, 528 yards, making a total of 5,874 yards of tunnelling; whereas the Kent line does not require more than 2,200 of tunnelling altogether, and those divided into four short tunnels. The South Eastern line shows three inclined planes, to be worked by assis tant engines, upwards of seven miles in length in the whole, whereas the Kent line has no inclined plane except a short one at the commencement in Greenwich, 660 yards long. The Directors of the Kent Railway, in comparing their line with the South Eastern, feel confident that it shows a better working line—a line more beneficial to the public at large, and one that will be infinitely more profitable to the pro prietors. COMMON COUNCIL ELECTIONS (LAS ' DAY. • are new candidates.) N WlTHOUT—Returns 16. Lmes Harmer. Mr. Price 304 Savage 306 * Williams 196 Figgins 341 Galloway 290 Bedford 356 Taylor 332 Harms 325 Charles 302 the new candidates, lost their ,crs were returned. ' -Returns Twelve. Thompson. _ . (Those marked with a WARD OF FARRINGDO Alderman JE Mr. Tickner 334 Obbard 226 Ramshaw 3ll Blacken .............3 34 Wells 222 Marriott 267 Burn Anderton 279 Beckwith 325 Messrs. Wells and Williams, election: the C sixteen old memb HEAP WARD- Alderman W, Mr. Garstrong B4 Mr. CUthbert Fletcher Watson Hardwick .... 81 Fawcett 74 R. Brook B9 *Hickson Fenning Jones The first twelve were elected. PORTSOKEN WARD—Returns Five. Alderman Thomas Johnson. __ . • •NV Mr. Hoard 195 • ~~Mr. Christie lB4 Ty ars ... 211 *Danford .............. l3O Parker 165 - - - Saul . Negus lBl I first five were elected. Bread-street closed on Th14,!4(14y Arnold, new candidate, having declined a further contest, the other twelve were elected. Candlewick Ward also closed on Thursday evening. Mr. Brown, one of the new candidates, having declined the contest, thp other eight werp rctgrned. Mr. Lister, the new candidate for passishaw Ward, having declined the contest, the other five (old members) were elected, Mr. Cinde and Mr. Chapman having declined the contest for Leeporne Ward the other tett were elected, FROM LAST GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Drc. 23. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—P. Percival, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Maynard, promoted, Dec. 23.: Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Hon. W. 1). Irby to Captain, by purchase, vice Handley, who retires: Co - :net S. P. Groves, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Irby; W. C. Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Groves, Dec. 23. 4th Regiment of Light D r agoons—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon W. Grant to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wilkins, promoted in the 41st Regiment of Foot, Dec. 23. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. S. A. Ellis, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ibbetson, who le th•es, Dee. 23. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet T. Pattie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellis, appointed to the 9th Light Dra , r ' oons; T. M. L. Weguelin, Gent. , to be Cornet, b y p urchase, vice Pattie, Dec. 23. 15th Regiment of Foot—Ensign H. B. F. Dickinson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Nash, who retires ; 11. B. Head, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickinson, Dec. 23. 17th Foot—Surgeon A. Hamilton, M.D., from the 41st Regi ment of Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Radford, deceased, Dee. 23. 22d Foot—T. Gaisford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chute, promoted, Dec. 23. 31st Foot—Lieut. H. B. Higgins, from the half-pay of the Ca nadian Fencibles, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Boys, who exchanges, Dec. 23. 41st Foot--Assistant-Surgeon W. M. Wilkins, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Hamilton, appointed to the 17th Regiment of Foot, Dec. 23. 58th Foot—C. W. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hume, promoted, Dec. 23. 66th Foot—F. J. Trick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Judgson, who retires, Dee. 23. 72d Foot—Ensign J. T. Hope to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harris, who retires; W. Adam-, Gent., to be Ensign , by pur chase, vice Hope, Dec. 23. 73d Foot—Lieut. F. G. A. Pinckney to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Pearson, who retires ; Ensign W. B. Faunce to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pinckney ; Gentleman Cadet M. G. B. Browne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Faunce, Dec. 23. 93d Foot—Major R. W. Gordon, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice T. Falls, who exchanges, Dec. 23. Royal African Colonial Corps—Lieut. R. Copley to be Captain, without purchase, vice Macdonnell, deceased ; Ensign H. F. Kirk to be Lieutenant, vice Copley ; R. P. Ireland, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Kirk, Dec. 23. STAFF. Major T. Falls, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Adjutant- General to the Forces serving in the Leeward and Windward Islands (with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army), vice Bridgman, who resigns, Dec. 23. HOSPITAL STAFF. • A. Ferguson, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Grant, appointed to the 4th Light Dragoons, Dec. 23. BREVET. The under-mentioned Cadeis,oftfie Honourable the East India Company's Service, to have the temporary rank of Ensign during the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Pas ley, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining :—Gentleman Cadet R. B. Smith ; Gentleman Cadet W. F. Marriott, Dec. 23. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN WIMBLE and GEORGE WIMBLE, wharfingers, Maidstone. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. GEORGE WEALL, draper, Preston, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. JAMES INNES DICKESON, shipowner, Fish-street-hill, to surrender Jan. 3, at two, and Feb: 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Chambers, Austin-friars ; Johnson, official as signee, Basinghall-street. SAMUEL DICKINSON and BENJAMIN DICKINSON, cotton-waste-dealers, Manchester, Jan. 7 and Feb. 3, at two, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Lake and Waldron, Po land-street, Oxford-street, London ; Foster, Manchester. WILLIAM CHARNLEY, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 9 and Fels. 3, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Seddon and Mawson, Man chester. SAMUEL GAINER, dyer, Kingswood, Wilts, Dec. 31, and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Surr, Lom bard-street; Wason and Whittington, Bristol. JOSEPH PHIPSON, button-manufacturer, Birmingham, Jan. 6, and Feb. 3, at one, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Birming ham. Church, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London ; James, Birmingham. ROBERT BARKER, druggist, Manchester, Jan. 10 and 11, and Feb. 3, at ten, at the Commissioners-rooms, St. James's square, Manchester. Adlington , Gregory , Fau lkener, and Follett, Bedfor4-row, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders; Claye and Thompson, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Cox, draper, Bradford, Yorkshire, Jan. 13, at one—J. H. Swan, hatter, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Jan. 16, at half-past eleven— W. P. Coley, wine merchant, Winchester House, Old Broad street, City, Jan. 13, at two—J. Jackson, draper, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, Jan. 16, at half-past twelve—C. J. Christmas and W. Hart, cement manufacturers, Church-passage, Rotherhithe, Jan. 16, at half-past one—J. Penning, cabinet maker, Holies street, Cavendish-square, Jan. 14, at half-past twelve—S. Reed, draper, Eastbourne, Sussex, Jan. 13, at twelve—T. Surflen, mer chant, Abchurch-lane, City, Jan. 13, at one—J. D. Webb, dealer, Fleet-street, Jan. 13, at two—S. J. Taylor, jobacconist, Fleet street, Jan. 13, at one. In the Country. W. Walford, malster, Birmingham, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the office of Messrs. Stubbs and ttollings, Birmingham—J. Salter, farmer, Pattingham, Staffordshire, Jan 16, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Wellington. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 13. 1. 3. 13. Isaac, shipowner, Topsham, Devonshire—L. Hyman and S. Levi, dealers in jewellery, Plymouth—F. W. Isaac, musical instrument maker, Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place—J. Mason, coal merchant, Cornwall -place, Holloway—J. Timberham, inn keeper, Charlton, Surrey. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. and G. Goad, Mark-lane, City—C. Braine and T. Hughes livery-stable-keepers, Claremont-mews, Pentonville—M. Bristow, and A. Parkes, schoolmistresses, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square..— J. Barnett and L. A. Reeve, tea dealers, Philpot-lane, City—R. Manley, sen., and R. Manley, jun., nail manufacturers, Chowbent, Lancashire—R. Byers and 'l'. Kenyon, cotton manufacturers, Blackburn, Lancashire—M. E. Wagstaffe and P. J. Skerrett, sur geons, Long-lane, Bermondsey—l. and W. Ridoutt, beotmakers, Portsea—G. Whittaker, J. Fogo, and D. George, coachmakers, Manchester—J. Johnson and T. Pownall, smallware manufacturers. Manchester—W. and G. Procktor and A. Hirst, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. THOMAS JOHNSTON, writer, Dumfries, Jan. 3 and 18, at two, at the King's Arms Inn, Dumfries. ALEXANDER GUTHRIE and FRANCIS BAXTER, mer chants, Dundee, Dec. 28 and Jan. 11, at one, at Sinclair's Hotel, Dundee. JAMES KEILLER, jun., wood merchant, Dundee, Dec. 28 and Jan. 11, at one, at Wallace's Hotel, Dundee. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the '2oth day of December, 1836, is 325. , 8,1. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the I►uties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of Dec. 23.) SUGAR.-The British Plantation Sugar Market has been extremely lively this week ; from the refiners and grocers there has been a very animated and general demand, and the im porters have obtained an advance on last week's rates of Is. a Is. 6d. for brown, and 2s. a 2s. 6d. for yellow qualities; the daily sales have averaged 1,100 hhds. and trs. ; Berbice good brown has been sold at 555., St. Vincents dark grey at 565., Grenada mid yellow 575. a 585., Demerara good mid 595. a 605.; Jamaica rather better 608. 6d. a 615., Dominica good with much colour 645. ; Antiguas flue 635. a 665.; the stock held by the refiners and grocers in town and country is extremely light ; some of the importers still withhold their samples from the Market; the arrivals this week have been 1,100 hhds. and trs, This afternoon the market was exceedingly active, the re finers and grocers purchasing with much eagerness, and at a further advance of 6d. a Is. ; the sales to-day amounted to 1,000 bads. and trs., making the quantity disposed of during the week 4,400 hhds. and trs. ; the show of samples is now very moderate. For Refined goods from the grocers there has been a brisk demand at an advance of 2s. ; sales of Lumps to pass the standard made at 78s. a 795., and rather under at 775. 6d. : the export qualities have met with a good sale at Is. 6d. a 2s. advance ; parcels of double Crushed sold at 365. 6d. a 375. ; goods are extremely scarce, and the refiners are reluctant to make contracts for delivery ; Bastards and Treacle heavy of sale. The transactions in Dutch Crushed amount to 250 hhds. at 345. 6d. This afternoon from the grocers the demand was brisk at former rates ; for double Crushed 375. has been paid, and the refiners now generally hold for 383. MAURITIUS.-There has been a brisk demand from the grocers for parcels by private contract, and the prices paid rate Is. 6d. a 2s. above those of last week ; there have been no public sales, nor are any advertised ; there have been no arrivals ; but few parcels are now offering privately for sale in the Market. EAST Ism/L.-From the grocers there has been a very ani mated demand by private contract for Bengal Sugar at an ad vance on previous rates of is. 6d. ; parcels of ord. and good mid. white have been disposed of at 31s. a 345. ; from the shippers there is little request. There is still no business doing in Manilla, Siam, or Java, the holders continuing to re fuse to submit to any reduction on late prices. This afternoon a public sale of 801 bags white Siam, the damps went cheap sold at 18s. 6d. a 21s. 6d., ord. sound white taken in at 265. 6d., within 6d, of this price was offered. FOREIGN.-The offers made of Is. to 2s. under former rates for yellow Havannah and good white Brazil continuing to be refused by the holders, there have again been no transactions ; the arrivals have been 456 chests and 281 brls. Brazil. MoLAssEs.-There has been a good demand for West India, and prices have improved Is. ; sales of good Demerara made at 265. 6d. a 275. COFFEE.—The West India Coffee Market has been in a very languid state, the Grocers purchasing just sufficient to supply their immediate wants, which at present is extremely moderate. Of Jamaica there has been none offered at public sale, and of Berbice only 41 casks and 2 bags have been brought forward, when only a part was disposed of at a reduc tion on last week's rates of ls. 6d. a 25., mid. sold at 90s. a 925., and good triage at 83s. The arrivals have been rather heavy, amounting to 310 hhds. and 550 bags, the chief part Demerara and Berbice. There are no sales advertised for next week. The East India Market has been quiet for the descriptions admissible for home consumption at duty, and Ceylon lies givon way M. a Is. ; small parcels of good ord. have boon disposed of by private contract at 705., and 277 bags at public sale sold at 70s. a 70s. 6d. for similar quality ; sea damaged first class went at 68s. 6d. All export descriptions have again been much sought after, but owing to the continued short supplies business to aay extent is prevented. 'Ceylon is not to he purchased under 495. a 50s. and fine SamaSang ss. At auctlon 3,79 bags Sumatra sold Betas. (Id. alil,s. advance, ord. to good ord. country (4- 11111ged yip% at 40s. 6d. arid (id. i oho lot 43. a. Mocha Is held firmly, but the request has been only for small parcels. There ate no public sales of Foreign, ana by private contract, although the business done in good ordinary Brazil has been moderate, :set, owing to the limited quantity offering for sale, the holders have obtained an advance of Is. fur small parcels 58... and 595. botc been paid ; the best qualities have again been most sought after, but being without a supply nothing has been done. For St. Domingo the holders still refuse to sell under 50s. This afternoon there is still very little demand for British Plantation ; the only public sale has been 36 bags Demerara, which was bought in at 80s. fur ordinary unclean. The publits sales of East India contained 872 bags, 413 bags of which were Ceylon at the 6d. duty, and went at 70s. a 70s. 63. for good ordinary, former prices ; 382 bags Mysore at 6d. duty %vent at 70s. a 81s. 6d. for fine green, and one lot of yellow 88 77 bags Sumatra sold at 375. a 40s. M, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS, -There has been an im proved request for Rum till; week, and the importers have ob- tallied fully former rates ; the transactions bave been 100 puns. Jamaica, 29 per cent, over proof at 4s. Gd., 30 tver 4s. Bd., 33 over 4s. 9d. ; and 100 puns.. Leewards, 7 and 8 per cent. over at 2s. Bd., 8 and 0 over at 2s. 9J., 10 over at ;is. 10d. ; the imports since Friday last have been 378 puns. Geneva is dull of sale. Brandy has met with a steady demand. COCOA.—The request for West India has been confined to trifling parcels at barely last week's prices. There is still nothing to report of Foreign. TALLOW.—The request for parcels on the spot has been again moderate at 425. 6d. a 425. 9d. for P. Y. C. For forward delivery the market is extremely heavy at 435. a 435. 3d. IRISII PROVISTONS.—The demand for Irish Butter, the prices for which still come high from Ireland, has been extremely moderate, just sufficient to meet the iinmediate wants of the cheesemongers, at steady prices. Foreign has met a pretty good sale, the supplies having been less this week than the last, and in some cases the buyers have been compelled to pay higher prices; fine Friezland has brought 104 s. a 108 s., and. Holstein 106 s. a I I2s. Bacon is very firm in prices, but there is not much business doing. Prime Waterford landed cannot be purchased under 535. per cwt. India and Mess Beef and Pork are dull of sale at the quoted prices. Lard continues to meet a good demand at late prices. Both Eng— lish and Foreign Cheese are dull, yet in the prices there is no reduction to quote. SALTPETRE.-There has been a brisk demand for rough by private contract, and a public sale of 1,200 bags Calcutta met with ready buyers at 6d. advance, refraction 6i a 3y sold at 265. 6d. a 275. 6d. per cwt. This afternoon the public sales of 2,057 bags took place, when only a . part found buyer s at former rates, Calcutta refraction 91 to 3i mid. and good 265, 6d. a 28s. FRUIT.-The business doing continues limited, and scarcely any alteration in prices has taken place; the best parcels of new Turkey pulled Figs have been all sold at 115 s. a 1205., and parcels of inferior at 60s. a 80s. ; for new red Smyrna Raisins in barrels there are enquiries, but at present none in the Market. TRa.-There has been an improved demand for all descrip. tions at a slight advance on sales prices. OILS.-In the prices of Fish Oils no variation has taken place this week ; the Market has been exceedingly languid, the only buyers being the home dealers, and they have taken only trifling parcels. From the shippers there has been no request. Rape has sold heavily at former rates. Linseed Oil on the spot has been in good request at 365. Palm is rather cheaper, small sales made at 325. 6d. a 335. NITRATE OF SODA.-There is still no demand ; in the prices no change has occurred. SAGO.-Pearl is rather cheaper this week. At auction 918 bags sold at 12s. 6d. a 14s. 6d. for good middling. Hops.-Trade has been good at fully former prices. TOBACCO.-The Market has undergone not the least im provement, the business doing being confined to limited parcels for home consumption. COCHINEAL-The prices are firm, but the request has been limited. LAC DYE.-The transactions have been trifling, parcels at former quotations. WooL.-There has been an improved request for all descrip tions of Foreign at steady prices. In the English Market a fair business has been done. INDIGO. -The transactions in the East India descriptions have been only trifling, but the prices remain firm. The quan tity advertised for auction in January is 3,408 chests, and it is expected to be increased to 5,000 chests. COTTON.-A good demand has existed for the East India descriptions, chiefly for tho ord. and mid. qualities of Surat, for which an advance of id. a id. has been obtained ; all other kinds remain firm in price ; the transactions have been mostly to execute export orders. The sales comprise 350 Ben gal 44d. a 41d. and 2,070 Surat 4d. a 6i-d. SPICES.-For Pimento the request has been again moderate, but still the holders refuse to submit to lower rates. pepper continues firm in price, and has met with a good deraand ; at auction 182 bags Sumatra sold at 33d. for good lirght quality ; white is dull, and a reduction of 4d. has beer, submitted to, only a part of 43 bags at auction were dispe'sed of, good mid. at Is. sd. a Is. 7d., mid. brown ls. aid a is. 7d. ; 36 bags long taken in at 445. for good fair. he Ginger Market con tinues quiet, and 166 bags Malaba- ; offered at auction were all taken in, good fair bold at 335. bd. a 345. Cinnamon has been taken only in trifling lots at , former prices. For Mace there has been little request, wail 17 casks at auction went rather be low late prices, fair I :Jright flakey Beucoolen sold at 7s. a 7s. 10d. The purchas , J s made in Nutmegs have been trifling at decline of 3d. a =td. ; only a small portion of the 21 chests2l casks at publ.'.c sale found buyers, good bold brown at 6s. 6d. a, 6s. Bd., r.l%d. limed firsts, seconds, and thirds at 6s. 2d., a 6s. 3d., Cape were bought in at 6s. sd. Cloves are still neg lected. The holders of Cassia Lignea demanding advanced rates has prevented business, and 200 chests offered at auction were bought in, good mid. thin false packed at 6 Is., good coarse at 60s. ' 4 This afternoon the only public sale was that of 22 bags White Pepper, all withdrawn. Loowooo. -For Logwood there is no request, and ss tors Honduras at public sale was taken in at 6/. 15s. RICE.-The East India Rice Market remains quiet, but on easier terms it is impossible to purchase ; Carolina has been in steady request for consumption at the prices quoted. TIN.---The prices of East India are still drooping, a parcel of good Bence has been sold at 85s. TURPENTINE.--The Market for Spirits is dull, and prices are rather lower. For a parcel of rough 18s. 3d. has been accepted. The intended new publication, called " The Hu morist," which, at the suggestion of Mr. Theodore Hook, is to be incorporated with the New Monthly Magazine, will form a very prominent feature in that work, and we understand that Mr. Hook himself intends to contribute largely to its pages ; so that the public may expect a great increase of amusement for the New Monthly, commencing with the January Number. Sunday morning a ship without a crew was blown into Buffin Bay. The coastguard, as soon as they boarded her, were much surprised to find by her appearance that she had been in that deserted condition for a long time, as a great deal of sea-weed was adhering to her sides, and no unusual quantity of water was in her hold ; consequently no leak had been sprung. We suppose she had capsized at sea, and after much fruitless toil to bring her to rights her despairing crew had deserted her.--Galway Advertiser. HENRIETTA TEMPLE.—ThiS new novel, by the author of " Vivian Grey," is presented to the novel-reading public under the attractive designation of a " love story"— undoubtedly it is so. It is a " tale of the heart ;" but it is further a narrative in which a writer who has evidently observed and reflected not a little conveys the result of his experience in the natural evolvement of his story. The style of the work is, generally speaking, graceful—in many parts distinguished by passionate eloquence. There is, in deed, exquisite delicacy in the management, always difficult, of such circumstances as compose the story of Henrietta Temple's love. The writer shows no common portion of both talent and reflection, and we thank him for the moral courage with which he has depicted the sincere and pro found love of the hero and heroine.—Times. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornhill. London, informs the Public, that he offers DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES and FORKS, with plain ivory handles, silver ferrules, plated on steel blades, at Three Guineas per dozen pair, or with solid silver blades, at Eight Guineas and a Half per dozen pair. N. B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per dozen pair. BIRTHS. On the 211 inst., in Wimpole-street, the lady of J. Green Wil kinson, Esq., of a daughter. On the 21st inst., the lady of N. Griffin, Esq., of a son. On the lith inst., Mrs. Adolphus Cherrill, of Aldermanbury, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Wandsworth, the lady of the Rev. Henry Mosely, of a daughter. _ _ MARRIED. On the 20th inst , at Ileple Church, near Hull, R. B. Toddy Esq., M.D., of Parliament-street, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late J. H. Hart, Esq., of Teneriffe. On the 20th inst., at Basford, Arthur Kett, eldest son of Charles Barclay, Esq., M.P., of Bury Hill, Surrey, to Maria Octavia, daughter of I. Wright, Esq., of Mapperley, Nottinghamshire. On the 17th inst., at Winchester, John Tregonwell, Esq., of Cranborne Lodge, Dorset, to Rachael, youngest daughter of the late Rev. R. Lowth, and grand-daughter of Dr. Lowth, formerly Bishop of London. mem Landon : Printed and Published by.RIURDO YOUNG. of Nt 112, Strand, a t Th e S un Office, Ivo. 112, Strand, in the coati y of Middlesez.—Saturday, December 24, 1836. DIED. On the 19th inst., at The Lodge, Salop , after a short illness, Jane, fifth daughter of T. 11. Salwey, On the 17th inst., at Southampton, age d 67, Mrs. Lucy Cobham Griffith, widow, of Barbadoes. Esq., aged 34 . On the 22d inst., John, eldest son of the Rev. J. Russell, DJ), Rector of Bishopsgate, aged 22. On the 21st inst., at Herringswell, Suffolk, Samuel Mure, Esq.' aged 82, last surviving son of the late H. Murc, Esq., formerly of Great Saxham, in the same county. On the 20th inst., in Upper Harley-street, Armand Maxie, Mar— quis de la Belinaye, Vicomte de la Dobitlis, Ancien Officer de Ca valerie, Chevalier de St. Louis, &c. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Collens, of Pall-mall, aged 62. On the 20th inst., at Dover, aged 78, Joseph Herbert, Esq., late President of the Island of Montserrat. On the sth ins t., at Kensington, Mrs. Arratoon, formerly of Bombay. On the 19 th inst., at Haswell House, near Kingsbriagc, Devon, Augusta Bridget, infant daughter of W. R. Ilbert, Esq. On the Wth inst,, at Dedham, Essex, aged 63, Jane, relict of P. Firnain.R•sci , On the 21st inst Haymarket, ~ aged 29, Mr. James Stone , of Panton-street,